2013 Auburn Tigers football team

The 2013 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gus Malzahn, who was in his first season as head coach at Auburn, although he served as offensive coordinator from 2009 to 2011. The Tigers played their home games at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2013 Auburn Tigers football
SEC champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record12–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRhett Lashlee (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDameyune Craig (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option, Play Action / Read, Hurry-up offense
Defensive coordinatorEllis Johnson (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
CaptainChris Davis
Reese Dismukes
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x  7 1   12 2  
No. 4 South Carolina  6 2   11 2  
Georgia  5 3   8 5  
No. 24 Vanderbilt  4 4   9 4  
Florida  3 5   4 8  
Tennessee  2 6   5 7  
Kentucky  0 8   2 10  
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$  7 1   12 2  
No. 7 Alabama x%  7 1   11 2  
No. 14 LSU *  5 3   10 3  
No. 18 Texas A&M  4 4   9 4  
Mississippi State  3 5   7 6  
Ole Miss *  3 5   8 5  
Arkansas  0 8   3 9  
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' Music City Bowl win) due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 season saw one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in college football history. Only a year after their worst season in 60 years—including only their third winless record in SEC play—the Tigers won their eighth SEC title and third of the championship game era, tallying a record of 12–2 (7–1 in SEC play). The season also contained two of the most memorable winning plays in college football history for Auburn in back to back nationally televised games against Georgia and Alabama.

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